Chief enforcement Steven Ferguson admits Ross County "fell short" this play and concedes the Highland nine volition instrumentality a "financial hit" arsenic a result.
County finished the play with a dismal tally of 11 matches without a win, culminating successful a melodramatic play-off decider wherever a rampant Livingston broadside came backmost to triumph 5-3 connected aggregate and snatch the last Premiership slot from their grip.
It is simply a effect which ends the Dingwall side's six-year enactment successful Scotland's apical flight.
"There's nary excuses from anybody astatine Ross County – we fell short," said Ferguson.
"But it's a corporate we. It doesn't conscionable autumn connected the manager, it doesn't conscionable autumn connected the players, we request to look astatine the full nine and everybody that's progressive and we request to instrumentality work for it and we volition bash that."
Ferguson insists "it's precise early" erstwhile asked astir manager Don Cowie's future, but that helium "is successful each the discussions we're having conscionable now".
"First and foremost we'll request to look astatine the playing squad and guys that are retired of declaration volition request to beryllium spoken to truthful they cognize precisely wherever they stand," helium added.
In March, County were 1 of respective contenders vying for a last top-six berth, a conflict that rapidly turned into a descent towards the Championship.
"We person underachieved this play and that's not thing that happens excessively often," Ferguson said. "In my clip astatine Ross County we've ever managed to get to wherever we privation to be.
"We'll look astatine it, honestly appraise it, spot however we tin prime the bones retired of it and determination forward."
As jubilant Livingston supporters engulfed the Dingwall pitch, determination was nary hiding the sorrow connected the faces of their dejected hosts.
The wounded was disposable connected section lad Cowie's look arsenic helium watched the elated visitors observe connected their turf, a symptom according to Ferguson that volition beryllium felt passim the nine and wider community.
"We aren't a large unit up here," helium said. "Everybody feels it and it has a ripple effect.
"What we request to realise arsenic good is that it's not conscionable connected the pitch.
"To not person immoderate practice for this country has a existent knock-on effect for everybody, not conscionable the supporters, but the section concern and the gross that comes into the Highlands due to the fact that of Premiership football."
And similar astir clubs who endure demotion, Ferguson said County volition wage the price, though helium hinted president Roy MacGregor volition supply funds successful an effort to bounce consecutive backmost up.
"There volition beryllium a fiscal hit, you can't fell the fiscal deed from dropping retired of the Premiership," helium said, explaining they volition look to minimise the "pain regarding people's livelihoods".
"To beryllium palmy successful the Championship determination needs to beryllium investment. You besides request to beryllium truly astute astir however you spell astir your concern arsenic it's an highly hard league with clubs that merit a batch of respect, large instrumentality bases and metropolis clubs successful determination arsenic well."
Ferguson has been present before, of course. He was portion of the absorption duo that achieved that precise task successful 2019, erstwhile helium and Stuart Kettlewell navigated County backmost to the Premiership successful 1 season. Something they are evidently hoping to replicate again.
"That goes without saying," helium said. "The clubs successful the Championship are large clubs and they are clubs with ambition and we'll request to lucifer and amended that if we privation to beryllium successful. That's thing we'll request to enactment retired however we do.
"At the infinitesimal it's evidently truly raw, Monday's result, and we'll request to fto the particulate settle.
"We request to beryllium truly honorable astir what happened this play and we request to find a solution and find however we tin bash it better."
Stephen: Got what we deserved and saw it coming weeks ago.
Martyn: Abysmal form, overreliance connected indebtedness players. Aside from Josh Nisbet, Ronan Hale and Jordan White determination was a deficiency of combat crossed the squad successful our astir important crippled of the season. We deserved to beryllium relegated unfortunately. Sadly we'll request to currency successful connected Hale arsenic well. If Don Cowie goes, hard to spot who would privation the job.
Eilidh: No little than we deserve. Our defence is shocking. It's the information we were 2-0 up which makes it painful. It's a nonaccomplishment for Highland shot successful general.
Rick: Being 2-0 up earlier fractional an hour, past losing 4-2 astatine location tells you each you request to cognize astir County. We've been circling the drain for months. Dozens of 'must-win' games anterior to this loss. Nothing much than we deserve.
Sean: Hope County bash not travel successful footsteps of ICT. Looks similar they volition person to amended drastically to bounce backmost up but a harder league to bash that. Don Cowie is conscionable excessively nice, they request a manager who says what it is.
Ronny: For the champion portion of 3 months, we person been rancid. Three relegation play-offs successful a enactment suggests there's thing breached successful the shot broadside of things. This has to beryllium the worst 1 yet, fixed we were successful the hunt for the apical six until the last crippled earlier the split. Hale aside, we person been so, truthful mediocre from backmost to beforehand and it's yet caught up with us.
Alistair: I thoroughly disagree with Don Cowie. He astir decidedly is not the close antheral for the job. I bash not person immoderate content successful him arsenic manager astatine each and it appears neither bash the players. He indispensable surely beryllium sacked present aft this. He should person gone weeks ago. There is nary spot for schoolboy footwear and unreserved shot astatine this level. Livingston, good done. You thoroughly merit to beryllium promoted. County could not laic a mitt connected you.
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